Week 1 High School Football Roundup | Aurora, Crestwood, Streetsboro, Windham win openers

Nate Blasiole and the Crestwood defense dominated Friday's opener at Robert C. Dunn Stadium, topping host Rootstown 20-2.

Nate Blasiole ran for 239 yards on 33 carries for the Red Devils (1-0), scoring two touchdowns to break open a 6-2 game at halftime.

That was plenty for the Crestwood defense, which held the Rovers to just 139 yards. Damien Reuting provided a sizable chunk of Rootstown's offense with 12 carries for 42 yards as well as a 28-yard reception.

Windham 49, Lisbon 6

The Bombers avenged a loss last year to the Blue Devils, delivering one big return after another. Carlos Bruton returned two punts for scores, one from 64 yards out and one from 50, while Jack Eye opened the scoring with an 85-yard kickoff return TD. Eye also had two rushing touchdowns, three two-point conversions and two interceptions.

Aurora 42, Twinsburg 6

The Greenmen had a big day on the ground, rushing for 278 yards and four touchdowns.

Cole Walton scored two of those rushing touchdowns, making good use of his five carries, while Lucas Manderbach had a team-leading 108 yards on 16 rushes. Xavier Board approached the century mark as well, turning 13 carries into 87 yards. Ryan Dwyer was no less efficient at quarterback, completing 9 of 12 passes for 120 yards. Ben Lukasik also had a big play for Aurora (1-0) with a 67-yard pick-six.

Streetsboro 29, CVCA 21

A Royals comeback stalled in the fourth quarter as Marcus Council and Cohen Klimak rushed for over 400 yards and three scores for the Rockets. Joey Kopec scored with 1:07 left to cut CVCA's deficit to eight, but the Royals couldn’t complete the comeback.

Box Scores

ROOSEVELT 14, RAVENNA 7

Ravenna - 0 - 7 - 0 - 0 — 7

Roosevelt - 0 - 7 - 7 - 0 — 14

Rav —Bryant Thompson 20 pass from C.J. Ross (PAT good), 6:17 2nd

KR —Ke'Shan Talbert 1 run (PAT good), 2:58 2nd

KR —Yahntae Smith 1 run (PAT good), 11:33 4th

Rushing : Ravenna (29-74): Jaxon Kelly 11-31, Amare Marshall 9-18, Bryant Thompson 6-18, C.J. Ross 3-7. Roosevelt (35-98): Yahntae Smith 11-40, Ke'Shan Talbert 9-29, Tyler Ellington 13-29, Jaiden Portis 1-2, Team 1-(-2).

Passing : Ravenna (5-13-53-1-1): C.J. Ross 4-11-28-1-1, Mark Miller 1-2-25-0-0. Roosevelt (10-18-172-0-1): Yahntae Smith 9-17-153-0-1, Cyler Foreman 1-1-19-0-0.

Receiving : Ravenna (5-53): LaDarion Askew 3-31, Bryant Thompson 1-20, Robert Melzer 1-2. Roosevelt (10-172): Jaiden Portis 3-82, Parker D'Sidocky 2-36, Tyler Ellington 2-27, Michael Shannon 1-18, Gavin Peeps 2-9.

FIELD 14, MOGADORE 12

Mogadore 0 - 6 - 0 - 6 — 12

Field 0 - 7 - 0 - 7 — 14

F: McAmis 2 run (Grimm kick), 11:44 2nd

M: Lehner 48 run (kick failed), 8:53 2nd

F: Peeple 33 pass from Anderson (Grimm kick), 9:14 4th

M: Rumschlag 3 run (pass failed), 5:19 4th

Rushing : Mogadore (25-136): Conner Lehner 7-67, Aaron Rumschlag 7-37, Cole Reese 6-13, Karson Jaber 2-6, Maddox Smith 3-3. Field (50-195): Drexal McAmis 30-141, Victor Brown 13-73, Joey Guyette 1-2, Peyton Anderson 6- (-21).

Passing : Mogadore (4-11-76-0-0): Karson Jaber 4-11-76-0-0. Field (3-5-54-1-0): Peyton Anderson 3-5-54-1-0.

Receiving : Mogadore: Nick Stephenson 2-37, Connor Lehner 1-32, Aaron Rumschlag 1-7. Field: Mikai Peeple 3-54.

WINDHAM 49, LISBON DAVID ANDERSON 6

Windham - 14 - 6 - 16 - 13 — 49

David Anderson - 0 - 6 - 0 - 0 — 6

W: Jack Eye 85 kick return (Eye conversion)

W: Carlos Bruton 50 punt return

L: Grant Minor 5 run

W: Jack Eye 42 run

W: Dejuan Ramsey 10 run (Eye conversion)

W: Eye 2 run (Eye conversion)

W: Bruton 64 punt return (Eye PAT)

Passing : Dylan McCune (W) 2-3-60. Rushing : Jack Eye (W) 9-69-2, Dejuan Ramsey (W) 2-33-1, Carlos Bruton (W) 5-26-1, Xavier Burton (W) 1-12, Austin Cales (W) 1-11, Bryan Smithberger (W) 1-6. Receiving : Nick Harper (W) 1-31, No. 3 1-29.

CRESTWOOD 20, ROOTSTOWN 2

Crestwood - 6 - 0 - 14 - 0 — 20

Rootstown - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 — 2

C: Januska 2 run (run failed)

R: Safety, ball fumbled out of end zone

C: Blasiole 2 run (Saterlee pass from Sommer)

C: Blasiole 7 run (run failed)

Rushing : Crestwood (53-275): Nate Blasiole 33-237-2, Charlie Sommer 6-16. Rootstown (22-53): Damien Reuting 12-42, Nick Malek 7-7. Passing : Crestwood (4-12-23-0-1): Charlie Sommer 4-12-23-0-1. Rootstown (8-16-86-0-3): Blake Mullaly 8-16-86-0-3. Receiving : Crestwood (4-23): Mason Saterlee 1-24, Wyatt Januska 1-1. Rootstown (8-86): Damien Reuting 1-28, Max McEwuen 2-19, Chase Duvall 2-11.

AURORA 42, TWINSBURG 6

Aurora - 7 - 14 - 7 - 14 — 42

Twinsburg - 0 - 0 - 0 - 6 — 6

A: Walton 3 run (Dockman kick)

A: Manderbach 2 run (Dockman kick)

A: Brooker 10 pass from Dwyer (Dockman kick)

A: Walton 21 run (Dockman kick)

A: Tartabini 1 run (Dockman kick)

A: Lukasik 67 interception return (Dockman kick)

T: Herndon 38 pass from Pollock (kick failed)

TEAM STATS

AUR — TWI

First downs — 19 — 11

Rushes-Yards — 43-278 — 15-67

Comp-Att-Int — 9-12-1 — 18-29-1

Passing Yards — 120 — 209

Fumbles-Lost — 0-0 — 2-2

Penalties-Yards — 7-58 — 7-65

Total yards — 398 — 276

Records — 1-0 — 0-1

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